Yep memory is still at 512mb. Confirmed again by the Apple guys in the lobby. I think we should wait for confirmation though I can't believe Apple would only put 512mb in here. Then again I was surprised to here 512mb for the iPad 2.

When I looked up "Ninjas" in Thesaurus.com, it said "Ninja's can't be found" Well played Ninjas, well played.

3D isn't a gimmick. The studios are investing highly in it. 3D blu rays are selling well, and so are the displays. Nintendo even has a glasses-less 3D device, something Apple could easily do given this device is focused on a single person holding it just like the Nintendo device.

What the hell are you gonna say next year if Apple introduces the iPad 3D?

3D can only be done two ways:
Parallax buffer - Which requires doubling the linear resolution (eg 2048 to 4096), glasses-free. This is what the Nintendo 3DS does. In theory Apple could put that filter into the HD display and get a half resolution 3D effect. But only in landscape mode.
Frame rate doubled - Which requires 3D glasses to show each frame to separate eyes. This is the cheaper way of doing it, but people don't like 3D glasses. It can be done as shutters, polarizing or other effects.

This is why it's a gimmick, is that it can't be done well. Apple won't put that tech into the iPhone or iPad until it can be done without 3D glasses, which means that a substantial leap in LCD panel technology is needed.

It's also currently a chicken and egg problem, there is almost no 3D consumer production equipment. There are a few first-generation 3D consumer video cameras, but right now they produce terrible 3D, just like half the 3D films out there. 3D isn't being done right now unless it's a 3D animated film. If you play around with the Nintendo store, there is like exactly one 3D film in the store. "The night of the living carrots" (A Aliens versus Monsters Halloween special) and "The Pig who cried Werewolf" (A Shrek Halloween special") for 2.00 each. If you watch these on netflix you'll notice these are part of the same movie.

Quote me, or don't. Don't half quote me to try to distort my point. You cropped it to try to try to portray that I was complaining or if it wasn't good enough so you asking a deflecting question about the competition (of which I don't really care about anyway..) Many of us were curious HOW they were going to match battery life of last year's model.

Until they have a holographic display, 3D is just a gimmick. Have you played with the Nintendo? It's a piece of crap and it's not selling well.

Well, no I haven't, but I still don't think 3D is a gimmick. The studios definitely are getting behind it.

I mean games like nintendo's is what I was talking about. Nintendo's technology applied to movies is impossible, so glasses would still be required with movies.

But again, a single person watching at a single viewing angle is ideal for 3D. I don't think 3D on tablets is that far off, and may even deliver a better experience than with televisions. I mean heck, the resolution is high enough on this thing that it would look amazing. It's the refresh rate that would be a necessity.

Not wrong at all. Resolution is routinely expressed in one or two dimensions. To be non-ambiguous though, either way requires more than just numeric characters.

Ironically, other people here were arguing that "resolution" can only refer to density per area. That just goes to show that language can be imprecise and that it is pointless to try and deny that words are used in multiple ways.

From the various responses that your posts have engendered, there is only one buffoon I can see here.

Yeah. YOU. LOL

Nothing I've said has been trollish. I'm a guy who said the iPad 3 is great, but there were some features (that I saw from the rumor mill to begin with) I was hoping for.

What's the problem?

You people are so damn sensitive, and so quick to call someone a troll, you come off as completely disingenuous. I mean for God's sake, we're talking about a tablet here. This isn't some intense topic that has an impact on any of our lives, like politics or something.

Seriously, grow up and stop calling everyone who has the slightest difference in point of view a troll. Learn to address what people say instead of mentally escaping with that.

A lower price isn't a far off out of this world idea. These things are pretty pricey for the actual use you get out of them.

I think you missed basic economics class. When a company cannot keep a product on store shelves, their is little reason why they need to lower the price. Especially if they keep improving the functionality of the product.

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3D - it's the future, it's here, it's not implausible that a tablet be 3D. If anything, it's MORE plausible given that a single person tends to watch movies on these things, and it's far easier to deliver a rich 3D experience when one viewing angle is considered.

Unlike someone who shall remain nameless Chronster didn't state his wishes as demands or claim Apple was doomed or such nonsense. I don't think his requests are sound, especially when taken all at once, but he's certainly not trolling.

This bot has been removed from circulation due to a malfunctioning morality chip.

lololol, I love how this guy just makes stuff up. Propietary file systems. rofl. When you have no idea what you're talking about, you should be reading, not writing.

It was speculation since I simply never heard of anyone formatting a microSD card using HFSX.

You didn't even address the initial point, which was most likely the correct one. Oh and hey aren't you the one who said my expectations, which all stemmed from the rumor mill, never actually existed in the rumor mill?

The camera on the iPhone 4s is really nice so does the iPad 3 have exactly the same optics?

I hope it's the same lens, at least. It's obviously not the same sensor. I'd imagine it'd be cheaper to have the same optics between the two.

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Originally Posted by thataveragejoe

Was EXACTLY what? That LTE battery life sucks? It does. Next?

And now we return to my original question, "Are there other devices that allow for 9 hours of LTE?" And since you've given none, your point is clear. Next, indeed.

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Originally Posted by veloboldie

I will pass and save my money for iPhone5.

1. It will be called 'iPhone'. No number. THANK YOU, Apple.
2. Come off it. Stock drops after every keynote ever. This is a phenomenal update, better than most were expecting. It will sell 50 million devices.

I think you missed basic economics class. When a company cannot keep a product on store shelves, their is little reason why they need to lower the price. Especially if they keep improving the functionality of the product.

This is just dumb.

Last time I checked, I can have an ipad pretty much any place they sell it. What do you mean they can't keep it on store shelves? Where do you live that you have this problem? Come to northern VA, they're everywhere.

"This is just dumb." is a dumb retort. At least give me something to go on rather than your opinion of what's dumb and what isn't. The studios getting behind 3D, that's dumb? The tablet having a single person viewing and a single viewing angle, and now a high resolution, making the potential 3D experience better than that of a TV, that's dumb? Again, what is wrong with you?

3D can only be done two ways:
Parallax buffer - Which requires doubling the linear resolution (eg 2048 to 4096), glasses-free. This is what the Nintendo 3DS does. In theory Apple could put that filter into the HD display and get a half resolution 3D effect. But only in landscape mode.
Frame rate doubled - Which requires 3D glasses to show each frame to separate eyes. This is the cheaper way of doing it, but people don't like 3D glasses. It can be done as shutters, polarizing or other effects.

This is why it's a gimmick, is that it can't be done well. Apple won't put that tech into the iPhone or iPad until it can be done without 3D glasses, which means that a substantial leap in LCD panel technology is needed.

It's also currently a chicken and egg problem, there is almost no 3D consumer production equipment. There are a few first-generation 3D consumer video cameras, but right now they produce terrible 3D, just like half the 3D films out there. 3D isn't being done right now unless it's a 3D animated film. If you play around with the Nintendo store, there is like exactly one 3D film in the store. "The night of the living carrots" (A Aliens versus Monsters Halloween special) and "The Pig who cried Werewolf" (A Shrek Halloween special") for 2.00 each. If you watch these on netflix you'll notice these are part of the same movie.

So, no content, no reason.

Thanks for the reply. Instead of just calling me a troll or saying 3D is dumb, you gave a very valid explanation and I appreciate that.